An ionic liquid-based chemical hydrolysis strategy was developed to obtain a higher yield of glucose. The efficiency of two biomass conversion technologies, dilute acid hydrolysis and dissolution in ionic liquids (ILs), were compared in terms of delignification, saccrification efficiency and saccharide yields with crystalline cellulose serving as a model biomass. Several ILs such as 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [EMIM], 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [BMIM], 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride aluminum chloride [EMIM] AlCl3 were tried and analyzed for their conversion efficiency and selectivity for various products such as glucose, fructose, HMF, and levulinic acid etc. Initial ILs dissolution and subsequent acid hydrolysis improved the dissolution and release of total sugars from cellulose. [EMIM] treatment on the long fibers of cellulose had no significant effect on the cellulose morphology as evident by optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM)analysis. Efficiency of acid catalyzed hydrolysis in ILs was evident by Benedict’s test’. A precise quantitative analysis of the yield will be performed by high-performance liquid chromatography ( HPLC). The conditions for cellulose conversion will be optimized. This process could be further developed into an efficient, green and economically viable cellulose hydrolysis method with recycling of ILs.